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Did you guys see this recent eBay auction? A dark red metallic 1987 IROC-Z 350, with fabric interior and black undercoating! The doors have been modified with aftermarket speakers. This car doesn't have TTops, Bose, rear hatch cover (D42), leather, etc. Looks like I may need to reconsider my starting price when I list my car.
Did you guys see this recent eBay auction? A dark red metallic 1987 IROC-Z 350, with fabric interior and black undercoating! The doors have been modified with aftermarket speakers. This car doesn't have TTops, Bose, rear hatch cover (D42), leather, etc. Looks like I may need to reconsider my starting price when I list my car.
But did it actual sell? Or another eBay game? It shows it was relisted then closed on the 26th.
They have it listed on their website as Sold and also in their current inventory. Hmmm. I wonder what games their trying to play. Are they trying to manipulate the market for future sales?
Regarding selling mine, I have to list it to sell it! I just haven't done it yet. I have the '82 actively listed and I have someone coming to see it tomorrow. I'll do something with the IROC-Z later.
Regarding selling mine, I have to list it to sell it! I just haven't done it yet. I have the '82 actively listed and I have someone coming to see it tomorrow. I'll do something with the IROC-Z later.
So does posting it in our Classifieds during 2019 not count?!
Did you guys see this recent eBay auction? A dark red metallic 1987 IROC-Z 350, with fabric interior and black undercoating! The doors have been modified with aftermarket speakers. This car doesn't have TTops, Bose, rear hatch cover (D42), leather, etc. Looks like I may need to reconsider my starting price when I list my car.
I saw this car when it was going around FB. If you watch the video they did on the car you can catch a bunch of flaws. The grille is all beat up, there’s paint flaws, the interior has aftermarket mods...
underside is all undercoated shiny black... doesn’t have original tires and looks like the shocks were replaced
No TPI decal on the rocker is weird
Very nice, Very clean car... but no way it’s a $42,900 example
There was one they were selling for this price with a Flowmaster muffler on it... not sure if it’s this one...
They had 3 different cars with different mileage and condition all listed for this price. Years ago their going price for all their IROCs was $36,900
they are always pushing the prices higher, but I doubt they are getting that.
I know a guy who offered a dealer $10k under asking price for a car and they did it for $9k under.
Those cars would probably be in the high,mid twenties on BAT IMO
You keep talking about raising the price but you still haven't sold it for your previous pricing!!
They’ve had cars they marked as sold before that showed up a year later for sale again same ad, same mileage and higher price.
No way this car is selling for that money. Maybe this is just how they weed out the riff raff to get the highest possible offers. Must be a method to the madness.
They’ve had cars they marked as sold before that showed up a year later for sale again same ad, same mileage and higher price.
No way this car is selling for that money. Maybe this is just how they weed out the riff raff to get the highest possible offers. Must be a method to the madness.
There's a sucker born every minute, but this is just a little too hard to believe. Nice car, but not $42K of nice. Not even close.
eBay is unreliable as to final purchase prices. But I have noticed a general uptick in Firebird prices. Of course, that's asking pricing. But the initial ask seems to have had a significant increase over the past year.
There's a sucker born every minute, but this is just a little too hard to believe. Nice car, but not $42K of nice. Not even close.
eBay is unreliable as to final purchase prices. But I have noticed a general uptick in Firebird prices. Of course, that's asking pricing. But the initial ask seems to have had a significant increase over the past year.
There’s an uptick in the used car market across the board and especially fun, enthusiast/weekend cars and off roaders... The off road market is exploding. Since the pandemic with people stuck at home/not traveling and the FED printing money for 1/3 of the economy not allowed to work, the people that are still working have extra cash.
used car dealers say they’re paying practically low retail prices to get inventory and have very slim margins to price cars where customers will not balk.
In the beginning of the pandemic people thought it would go the other way where people would be selling off their toys to pay their bills.
It’s good for any special interest vehicle the way this played out for sure.
For a lot of thirdgen people, a hardtop is not a bug, but a feature.
thats a fact .. its funny in the third gen world everyone with t-tops thinks there the greatest things ever and makes there car more valuable .. not true , its all preference and i know a ton of people that wont buy them with t-tops ..
I agree in that Vanguard does a fantastic job cleaning up cars for their videos, especially the undercarriage. Also, it looks like they use some type of soft lens for their camera rig; the images look incredibly warm and smooth, yet highly detailed.
For a lot of thirdgen people, a hardtop is not a bug, but a feature.
It's funny, back in the day, I considered anything else but a hardtop as a car for wussies. Other than the car I ordered in 1989, every other 3rd gen I've owned has been a t-top or convertible.
I've never understood why everyone wants T-tops, but whatever. I like hardtops, and don't see the value in having the sun beating down on my head, the wind messing up my hair, and the rain and car-washes leaking in; making the carpet smell musty and rotting the floorpan. Seems like more of a '70s fashion statement than anything practical...
When you only get 3 months (at most) of nice weather, and of those, only 8-10 days where you are not working, at this or that event, etc., you want all the sun "beating down on your head" as you can get. As for driving in the rain, I (and am certain most others with a thirdgen vert) have another car for those days. As for practical, what about a thirdgen is practical?
03-27-2021, 02:21 PM
